Frederick County Courthouse Explained

Frederick County Courthouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 14, 2001[1]
Designated Other1 Number:034-5062
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:20 N. Loudoun St., Winchester, Virginia
Coordinates:39.1839°N -78.1644°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Frederick County Courthouse
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:July 5, 2001
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:01000690

Frederick County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. It was built in 1840, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building on a stone foundation and partial basement in the Greek Revival style. It measures 50 feet by 90 feet, and features a pedimented Doric order portico and a gabled roof surmounted by a cupola. Also on the property is a contributing Confederate monument, dedicated in 1916, consisting of a bronze statue of a soldier on a stone base.[2]

The building currently houses the Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It is located in the Winchester Historic District.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Frederick County Courthouse. Helen Lee Fletcher. December 2000. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-07-06. 2012-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120926230807/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Frederick/034-5062_Frederick_County_Courthouse_2001_Final_Nomination.pdf. dead. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum. en. 2020-06-01.